🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 4
⚪️Melkumyan,Hrant (2660)
⚫️Kashlinskaya,Alina (2447)
🔸1-0
🔸Round 4
⚪️Melkumyan,Hrant (2660)
⚫️Kashlinskaya,Alina (2447)
🔸1-0
20.a3! [The black knight has no proper square.]
20...Rxd1+ [The black knight has no proper square. In order to avoid loss of a pawn, Kashlinskaya decides to give up the open d-file.]
[¹20...Nd5 21.Nxd5 Bxd5 22.Bxd5 exd5 23.Rxd5 Rxd5 24.Qxd5±]
21.Rxd1 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Nc6 23.Rd7! Na5 24.Qb5 Bf8 25.Qxa6 bxa6 26.Rxa7± [All White's pieces are working together to dominate the board.] 1–0
20...Rxd1+ [The black knight has no proper square. In order to avoid loss of a pawn, Kashlinskaya decides to give up the open d-file.]
[¹20...Nd5 21.Nxd5 Bxd5 22.Bxd5 exd5 23.Rxd5 Rxd5 24.Qxd5±]
21.Rxd1 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Nc6 23.Rd7! Na5 24.Qb5 Bf8 25.Qxa6 bxa6 26.Rxa7± [All White's pieces are working together to dominate the board.] 1–0
31.d6! [Opening the a2–g8 diagonal and preparing for the bishop-queen battery. The Black pieces are uncoordinated and cannot do anything. There is also a chance that the black queen may be trapped.]
[31.Qc6? Qb6+ 32.Qxb6 cxb6 33.Nc2 Re8 34.Nd4 Bc5 35.Kh2 Re3„; 31.Qd4+ Rg7 32.Qa7 Bxa3 33.d6 h5 34.Qa8+ Kh7 35.d7 Be7=]
31...cxd6 [31...Re8 32.Nc4 cxd6 33.Qd4+ Bg7 34.Qxg7+ Kxg7 35.Nxa5+–]
32.Qd5 Qb6+ 33.Kh2 Rg7 34.Qa8 [And now the d6 pawn blocks the black queen's path to defend the bishop on f8.]
34...Rg8 35.Bxg8 Kxg8 36.Qf3 [36.Nc2! Nf5 37.Nd4+–]
36...Nf5 37.Nc2 Bg7 38.Nb4 Be5 39.Nd3 Ne3 40.Nxe5 dxe5 [40...Nxd1 41.Qa8+ Kg7 42.Nd7 Kf7 (42...Qe3 43.Qf8#) 43.Nxb6]
41.Rd7 e4 42.Qxf4 1–0
[31.Qc6? Qb6+ 32.Qxb6 cxb6 33.Nc2 Re8 34.Nd4 Bc5 35.Kh2 Re3„; 31.Qd4+ Rg7 32.Qa7 Bxa3 33.d6 h5 34.Qa8+ Kh7 35.d7 Be7=]
31...cxd6 [31...Re8 32.Nc4 cxd6 33.Qd4+ Bg7 34.Qxg7+ Kxg7 35.Nxa5+–]
32.Qd5 Qb6+ 33.Kh2 Rg7 34.Qa8 [And now the d6 pawn blocks the black queen's path to defend the bishop on f8.]
34...Rg8 35.Bxg8 Kxg8 36.Qf3 [36.Nc2! Nf5 37.Nd4+–]
36...Nf5 37.Nc2 Bg7 38.Nb4 Be5 39.Nd3 Ne3 40.Nxe5 dxe5 [40...Nxd1 41.Qa8+ Kg7 42.Nd7 Kf7 (42...Qe3 43.Qf8#) 43.Nxb6]
41.Rd7 e4 42.Qxf4 1–0
38.h3?! [38.Rc6! Re1+ 39.Kg2 Qe2+ 40.Kg3 h4+ 41.Kf4 Qxh2+ 42.Kg5 Qb8 (42...Re5+ 43.Kh6+–) 43.Rd6 Qf8 44.Kxh4 Re8 45.Qd5 Qe7+ 46.Kh3 Kg7 47.Qd4+; 38.Rc3 Ra2 39.Re3 Qc8 40.Re1 hxg4 41.fxg4 Qb8 42.Kf1 Qa8 43.Re4 Rxh2 44.Qe5 f6 45.Qe8+ Qxe8 46.Rxe8+ Kf7 47.Re2 Rh1+ 48.Kf2 Rb1 49.Re4 f5 50.gxf5 gxf5 51.Re5 Kf6 52.Rc5 Ra1 53.Rc4±]
38...Kh7? [38...h4 39.Rf1 Qa2 40.Rf2 Rxf2 41.Qxf2 Qxa4 42.b6±]
39.Rf1? [39.gxh5 gxh5 (39...Qxh3 40.hxg6+ Kg8 (40...fxg6 41.Rc7+ Kh6 42.Qf4+ g5 43.Qf6+ Kh5 44.Rh7#; 40...Kxg6 41.Qd3++–) ) 40.Qd3+ Kg7 41.Rc6 Qa2 42.Kf1 Rd2 43.Qc3+ Kh7 44.Ke1 Re2+ 45.Kd1 Rg2 46.Qd3+ Kg7 47.Qd4+ Kh7 48.Qe4+ Kg7 49.Qe5+ Kh7 50.Qxh5+ Kg7 51.Qh6+ Kg8 52.Rc8#]
39...Ra2 40.Qf4 h4 41.g5? [41.Kh1 Qb3 42.Qf6 Rxa4 43.Qxh4+ Kg7 44.Qe1²]
41...Kg8 42.Rd1 Qe7 43.Qf6 Qe3+ 44.Kh1 Rd2 45.Rxd2 Qxd2 46.b6 Qe1+ 47.Kg2 Qe2+ ½–½
38...Kh7? [38...h4 39.Rf1 Qa2 40.Rf2 Rxf2 41.Qxf2 Qxa4 42.b6±]
39.Rf1? [39.gxh5 gxh5 (39...Qxh3 40.hxg6+ Kg8 (40...fxg6 41.Rc7+ Kh6 42.Qf4+ g5 43.Qf6+ Kh5 44.Rh7#; 40...Kxg6 41.Qd3++–) ) 40.Qd3+ Kg7 41.Rc6 Qa2 42.Kf1 Rd2 43.Qc3+ Kh7 44.Ke1 Re2+ 45.Kd1 Rg2 46.Qd3+ Kg7 47.Qd4+ Kh7 48.Qe4+ Kg7 49.Qe5+ Kh7 50.Qxh5+ Kg7 51.Qh6+ Kg8 52.Rc8#]
39...Ra2 40.Qf4 h4 41.g5? [41.Kh1 Qb3 42.Qf6 Rxa4 43.Qxh4+ Kg7 44.Qe1²]
41...Kg8 42.Rd1 Qe7 43.Qf6 Qe3+ 44.Kh1 Rd2 45.Rxd2 Qxd2 46.b6 Qe1+ 47.Kg2 Qe2+ ½–½
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 81
public poll
A)Ra6 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
@Emadbani123, Jayden, @SteveWongso, Michael
B)Qa8 – 1
👍👍 17%
@RichardPeng
C)Na3 – 1
👍👍 17%
@Sophia_Peng
👥 6 people voted so far.
public poll
A)Ra6 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
@Emadbani123, Jayden, @SteveWongso, Michael
B)Qa8 – 1
👍👍 17%
@RichardPeng
C)Na3 – 1
👍👍 17%
@Sophia_Peng
👥 6 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 81
public poll
B)Bg5 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 100%
Jayden, @SteveWongso, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Michael
A)Bg7
▫️ 0%
C)g3
▫️ 0%
👥 5 people voted so far.
public poll
B)Bg5 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 100%
Jayden, @SteveWongso, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Michael
A)Bg7
▫️ 0%
C)g3
▫️ 0%
👥 5 people voted so far.
Congratulations to Hikaru Nakamura who wins 17-12 after shutting down a bullet comeback from Levon Aronian! 👏👏
Aronian even won the bullet time control 5-4
#speedchess
Aronian even won the bullet time control 5-4
#speedchess